Joseph is a versatile artist whose range of work includes painting, collage and sculpture. He paints on paper, wood panels and canvas. Lifelong interests including landscape, figure, antique toys, the circus and the American Indian are portrayed with multilayered meaning using abstraction as well as expressive realism.

His works are very personal with a passion for process, composition and the painterly surface. Design and dimensional production work in science and history museums and advertising media contributed greatly to Joseph's extensive knowledge of methods and materials used in his work.

For many years he taught drawing and painting at Eastfield College in Dallas, Texas in addition to giving workshops and Lecture/Demos across the country.

Books featuring his paintings include; 200 NEW PAINTING IDEAS, 1998 North Light Books SPLASH FIVE: The Glory of Color, 1998 North Light Books ARTS FOR THE PARKS TOP 100: Artist's Celebrating our National Parks 1996,National Park Academy of the Arts, Inc. CREATIVE WATERCOLOR: Step-by-Step Guide and Showcase, l995 Rockport Publishers SPLASH THREE: Ideas & Inspirations, 1994 North Light Books

Joseph was featured in a seven page article in the February, l995 issue of American Artist Magazine. He has won 25 awards in national juried exhibitions, including the CFS Medal in the American Watercolor Society and Best of Show in the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.

He's included in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Who's Who in the World, and the 1998 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. He is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society, Southwest Watercolor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and others.

Now residing in Sarasota, Florida, Joseph grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he received a BA in Fine Arts at LSU. Later in his career he earned an MFA in painting from Texas Woman's University which included travel to Rome,England, Scotland and Greece to study art history, painting and sculpture.

Joseph is represented by State of the Arts Gallery in Sarasota and Wyble Art Brokerage in Louisiana . Reproductions of his work are available from LiveOakEditions.com and through his studio. Joseph has been represented in various galleries in Dallas, Santa Fe, Fort Worth, Omaha, Tampa and Sarasota and his paintings can be found in private collections across the country.

Joseph, a full time artist, currently teaches at Art Center Sarasota and Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Florida. On a limited basis he tutors individual students in his studio.


 

 

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